# CVE-2019-1010259: SaltStack Salt 2018.3, 2019.2 is affected by: SQL Injection.

- Also known as: PYSEC-2019-119, GHSA-H8XP-H3JF-WV4V
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2018.3.4
- Published: 2019-07-18 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- SaltStack Salt: version range not reported
- salt (PyPI): fixed in 2018.3.4
- salt (PyPI): from 2018.3.0, fixed in 2018.3.4

## Description

SaltStack Salt 2018.3, 2019.2 is affected by: SQL Injection. The impact is: An attacker could escalate privileges on MySQL server deployed by cloud provider. It leads to RCE. The component is: The mysql.user_chpass function from the MySQL module for Salt. The attack vector is: specially crafted password string. The fixed version is: 2018.3.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SaltStack Salt, salt, upgrade to a fixed version (2018.3.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/f22de0887cd7167887f113bf394244b74fb36b6b/salt/modules/mysql.py#L1534
- https://github.com/ShantonRU/salt/commit/a46c86a987c78e74e87969d8d3b27094e6544b7a
- https://github.com/saltstack/salt/pull/51462

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